Transcript Federal Legislative Update

ESEA Reauthorization
and Waivers
AFT Teachers PPC Meeting
March 13, 2012
New York, NY
ESEA – Harkin Bill
Passed out of committee on a “Bipartisan”
vote of 15 to 7 last October.
ESEA Reauthorization Act of 2011
• Maintains targeted funding for children with the
greatest need and disaggregation of data for
subgroups.
• Does away with the current AYP system and the
2014 deadline.
• Limits prescriptive federal accountability measures
to only the lowest 5% of schools.
• Leaves it up to states to address how other
struggling schools will be held accountable.
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ESEA – Harkin Bill
(continued)
• Criticized by the civil rights community on approach
to accountability.
• States required to adopt college and career ready
standards and assessments
• TEVAL is optional and NOT mandatory.
• Set aside for SES and choice eliminated.
• Some improvements to the current SIG models.
• Includes new language on Mutual Consent.
• Prospects for reaching the Senate floor this year.
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ESEA – Kline Bills
House Committee passed the following two
partisan bills on a party-lines Vote (2/28/12):
Student Success Act (H.R. 3989)
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States not required to implement Common Core.
Eliminates 100% proficiency & current AYP.
Retains disaggregation of subgroup data.
Continues testing in math and reading but no longer
require states to test students in science.
• Allows states to craft their own accountability
systems.
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ESEA – Kline Bills
(cont.)
Student Success Act (H.R. 3989) – (continued)
• State & local governments free from MOE
requirements.
• Eliminates 4 SIG models.
• Allows Redirection of funds currently targeted for
specific populations of students.
• Includes set-aside for P.S. Choice and SES.
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ESEA – Kline Bills
Encouraging Innovation & Effective Teachers
Act (H.R. 3990)
• Places accountability solely on the backs of teachers.
• Mandates states and LEAs to craft TEVAL systems
tied to test scores.
• Does not require TEVAL results to inform PD.
• Prioritizes use of TEVAL results for personnel
decisions.
• Limits use of Title II funds for class size (10 %).
• Lacks language to protect CBAs.
• Prospects for future action in the House.
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ESEA Waivers
• States that have been approved:
Colorado
Indiana
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Tennessee
Florida
Kentucky
Minnesota
New Mexico
Georgia
Oklahoma
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ESEA Waivers
• States that applied on February 28:
Arkansas
Delaware
Illinois
Maryland
Mississippi
New York
Rhode Island
Utah
Washington
Arizona
Iowa
Kansas
Michigan
North Carolina
Ohio
South Carolina
Vermont
Wisconsin
Connecticut
Idaho
Louisiana
Missouri
Nevada
Oregon
South Dakota
Virginia
D.C.
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ESEA Waivers
• Third deadline in September 2012.
• Unclear what these states remaining states
will do:
Alabama
Hawaii
Nebraska
North Dakota
Texas
Alaska
California
Maine
Montana
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
West Virginia Wyoming
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ESEA Waivers
• The process in Round 1 and 2.
• Round 3 offer: States can apply for a one
year freeze on their AYP targets in exchange
for a promise to:
– Apply in round 3;
– adopt college- and career-ready standards;
– link teacher, principal, and student achievement
data and provide that information to educators to
improve their practice; and
– identify achievement and graduation rate gaps
that need to be closed.
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ESEA Waivers
• Not a waiver, an exchange
• Don’t have to adhere to these NCLB
requirements:
– 100% proficiency by 2014
– School improvement requirements (supplemental
education services, choice, corrective action, and
restructuring)
– And more
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ESEA Waivers
• Do have to promise three main things:
1. State will adopt and implement college and
career ready standards and corresponding
assessments
2. State will have its own system of accountability
to replace AYP
• Must include progress
• Must include graduation rates
• Can include subjects or measures other than reading and
math.
• Must identify the lowest 5% of Title I schools as priority
schools, and an additional 10% as focus schools.
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ESEA Waivers
3. State must adopt and implement teacher and
principal evaluations
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Differentiate performance using at least three levels
Use for continuous improvement of instruction
Use to inform personnel decisions
Use to provide feedback
Use as a significant factor data on student growth and
other measures of professional practice
(Student growth is the change in achievement for individual
students between two points in time. Student achievement is
defined as NCLB-required assessments when available, and
other assessments of student learning when not available.)
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ESEA Waivers: What’s Inside
• Each state promises to roll out common
standards and assessments.
• Each state accountability system looks
different from the others.
• Accountability systems are more robust.
• Each state identifies a bottom 5 percent of
schools.
• Significant overlap between bottom 5
percent of schools and SIG schools.
• Every state promises to implement a teacher
evaluation system.
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ESEA Waivers
• Where to get involved?
– Rollout of standards and assessments
– Improvement plans for the identified “Priority
Schools,” and interventions for the
“Focus Schools”
– Development, piloting and implementation of
teacher evaluation systems
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Questions & Discussion
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